Provement in packing box and case for fruits



' P. C. BURKE. Packing Box and Case-for Fruit.

No. 202,224. PatentedApril 9,1878

U ITEDA STATES PROVEMENT IN PACKING T0 at hom it may concern:

Be known that I, PATRICK G. BURIHE, of Phil lphia, Pennsylvania, haveinvented an Impr ment in Packing Fruit of a Perishaure forTransportation or Storage, of I e following is a specification:

bject of my invention is to so pack peac and other perishable fruitsthat during t sportation or storage the risk of decomp tion will bereduced to a minimum, and v object I attain in the manner which I wil owproceed to describe, reference being tothe accompanying drawings, inWhit) Fi e 1 is a sectional perspective view, and F1 g. a verticalsectional view, of devices wher my invention may be carried into effecta sheet-metal box, A, having around r edge a rib, a, and after coveringthe of said box with a layer of packing place the peaches or other fruiton this 1 r, taking care that the pieces of fruit do n touch each other.More packing is then roduced, so as to fill the interstices and cipletely cover the layer of fruit, and

layer is then introduced, and so on e receptacle is full, when it isclosed id B, which has around the edge a n ge, b, the latter beingadapted to the PATENT OFFICE;

PATRICK O. BURKE, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

B-OX AND CASE FOR FRUITS.

cification forming part of Letters Patent No. 202,224, dated April 9,1878; application filed December 20, 1876.

channel formed between the body of the box and the rib a. I

I prefer to use as a packing material chopped The boxes A, after beingfilled with fruit packed as described, and having the lids applied, areinserted into a casing, the body D and lid E of which are of such a sizeinternally that they bind tightly upon the ribs a of the boxes A, andthus so tightly confine the flanges b of the lids that a secure joint iseffected, and the access of moisture to the interior of the boxprevented. I claim as my invention The combination of the boxes A,having ribs a, and the lids B, having flanges b, With thetightly-fitting case D E, all substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed myname to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

PATRIGK O. BURKE.

Witnesses:

HERMANN MOESSNER, HARRY SMITH.

